Civilzation Quotes & Sayings

What does the future look like? I don't know how to answer this question, but for the bettering of man's future, I would like for a civilization of knowledge to exist on our planet in the not too distant future. — Eraldo Banovac

Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity — Franklin D. Roosevelt

But I'm really trying to run this company like it is going to be here a hundred years from now. That's what's important. — Yvon Chouinard

The Absolute and the Infinite can become this universe only by limitation. — Swami Vivekananda

Despite 2000 years of evolution in modern times, we have still not managed to develop the intelligence to create a society that knows what love is. Our society is still not a civilization, it is still primitive and barbaric. — Swami Dhyan Giten

At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second screening. It played better. It's almost a reasonable length film now! — Terry Gilliam

Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated! — Kate DiCamillo

I am only astonished that, while so many women have intelligent things to say and so many men are still unknown, a publisher cared to print such a little book, and at such a price. That confirms what Schopenhauer reveals to us, among other truths: philosophy is a matter of death. A philosopher living and thinking life is a priori suspect in our philosophical culture. — Luce Irigaray